Alcohol consumption per capita by country

CountryUnited States See the United States's strengths and weaknesses

United States: 9.9 L in 2020, 21st of 38 OECD members (lowest first). 158th of all 187 with data.

Highest: Romania (16.8 L, 2020) · Lowest: Kuwait (0.0 L, 2020) · 187 countries and territories with data.

Annual alcohol consumption per person aged 15 and over, in liters of pure alcohol (WHO estimates). A UN Sustainable Development Goals indicator with a reduction target.

World ranking (lowest first)

Rank	Country	Value	Year
1	Kuwait	0.0 L	2020
2	Mauritania	0.0 L	2020
3	Saudi Arabia	0.0 L	2020
4	Somalia	0.0 L	2020
5	Sudan	0.0 L	2020
6	Afghanistan	0.0 L	2020
7	Libya	0.0 L	2020
8	Yemen	0.0 L	2020
9	Indonesia	0.1 L	2020
10	Pakistan	0.1 L	2020
11	Bangladesh	0.1 L	2020
12	Syria	0.1 L	2020
13	Egypt	0.1 L	2020
14	Niger	0.1 L	2020
15	Timor-Leste	0.2 L	2020
16	Bhutan	0.2 L	2020
17	Comoros	0.2 L	2020
18	Jordan	0.2 L	2020
19	Iraq	0.2 L	2020
20	Sierra Leone	0.3 L	2020
21	Tonga	0.4 L	2020
22	Djibouti	0.4 L	2020
23	Senegal	0.4 L	2020
24	Morocco	0.5 L	2020
25	Brunei	0.5 L	2020
26	Iran	0.5 L	2020
27	Oman	0.5 L	2020
28	Guinea	0.5 L	2020
29	Algeria	0.5 L	2020
30	Gambia	0.6 L	2020
31	Kiribati	0.7 L	2020
32	Malaysia	0.7 L	2020
33	Tajikistan	0.7 L	2020
34	Madagascar	1.0 L	2020
35	Qatar	1.1 L	2020
36	Nepal	1.1 L	2020
37	Eritrea	1.1 L	2020
38	Papua New Guinea	1.1 L	2020
39	Bahrain	1.2 L	2020
40	Lebanon	1.3 L	2020
41	Tuvalu	1.3 L	2020
42	Togo	1.4 L	2020
43	Solomon Islands	1.4 L	2020
44	Maldives	1.5 L	2020
45	Guatemala	1.5 L	2020
46	Türkiye	1.7 L	2020
47	Tunisia	1.7 L	2020
48	Central African Republic	1.8 L	2020
49	Singapore	1.8 L	2020
50	Mozambique	1.9 L	2020
51	DR Congo	1.9 L	2020
52	Myanmar	1.9 L	2020
53	Venezuela	2.0 L	2020
54	Micronesia	2.0 L	2020
55	Vanuatu	2.0 L	2020
56	United Arab Emirates	2.1 L	2020
57	Uzbekistan	2.1 L	2020
58	Samoa	2.4 L	2020
59	Kenya	2.5 L	2020
60	Azerbaijan	2.5 L	2020
61	Ecuador	2.5 L	2020
62	Turkmenistan	2.6 L	2020
63	Zimbabwe	2.7 L	2020
64	Nauru	2.8 L	2020
65	Israel	2.8 L	2020
66	Côte d'Ivoire	2.9 L	2020
67	Liberia	2.9 L	2020
68	Rwanda	2.9 L	2020
69	Sri Lanka	2.9 L	2020
70	Chad	2.9 L	2020
71	Ethiopia	3.1 L	2020
72	Honduras	3.1 L	2020
73	Jamaica	3.1 L	2020
74	Haiti	3.1 L	2020
75	El Salvador	3.1 L	2020
76	Costa Rica	3.4 L	2020
77	Fiji	3.6 L	2020
78	Bolivia	3.6 L	2020
79	Malawi	3.6 L	2020
80	Zambia	3.6 L	2020
81	Kyrgyzstan	3.6 L	2020
82	Bahamas	3.6 L	2020
83	Belize	3.7 L	2020
84	Nicaragua	3.7 L	2020
85	Guinea-Bissau	3.7 L	2020
86	Nigeria	3.8 L	2020
87	North Korea	3.9 L	2020
88	India	4.1 L	2020
89	Angola	4.1 L	2020
90	Burundi	4.2 L	2020
91	Colombia	4.2 L	2020
92	Ghana	4.3 L	2020
93	Armenia	4.3 L	2020
94	Lesotho	4.3 L	2020
95	North Macedonia	4.4 L	2020
96	Albania	4.5 L	2020
97	Kazakhstan	4.5 L	2020
98	China	4.6 L	2020
99	Panama	4.7 L	2020
100	St. Kitts and Nevis	4.7 L	2020
101	Mexico	4.8 L	2020
102	São Tomé and Príncipe	4.8 L	2020
103	Dominica	5.0 L	2020
104	Guyana	5.0 L	2020
105	Namibia	5.0 L	2020
106	Mali	5.3 L	2020
107	Cuba	5.4 L	2020
108	Uruguay	5.6 L	2020
109	Paraguay	5.6 L	2020
110	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	5.6 L	2020
111	Philippines	5.7 L	2020
112	Greece	5.8 L	2020
113	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.9 L	2020
114	Suriname	5.9 L	2020
115	Cabo Verde	6.0 L	2020
116	Trinidad and Tobago	6.0 L	2020
117	Republic of the Congo	6.0 L	2020
118	Cyprus	6.4 L	2020
119	Japan	6.4 L	2020
120	Peru	6.5 L	2020
121	Dominican Republic	6.5 L	2020
122	Equatorial Guinea	6.6 L	2020
123	Antigua and Barbuda	6.7 L	2020
124	Cambodia	6.7 L	2020
125	Eswatini	6.8 L	2020
126	Mauritius	6.9 L	2020
127	Italy	7.0 L	2020
128	Malta	7.1 L	2020
129	South Africa	7.1 L	2020
130	Botswana	7.3 L	2020
131	Grenada	7.3 L	2020
132	Norway	7.4 L	2020
133	Chile	7.6 L	2020
134	Croatia	7.7 L	2020
135	Mongolia	7.7 L	2020
136	Brazil	7.7 L	2020
137	South Korea	7.8 L	2020
138	Serbia	7.9 L	2019
139	Iceland	7.9 L	2020
140	Thailand	8.0 L	2020
141	Vietnam	8.0 L	2020
142	Argentina	8.1 L	2020
143	Gabon	8.1 L	2020
144	Barbados	8.2 L	2020
145	Netherlands	8.7 L	2020
146	Benin	8.8 L	2020
147	Portugal	8.9 L	2020
148	Finland	9.1 L	2020
149	Spain	9.2 L	2020
150	Ukraine	9.2 L	2020
151	St. Lucia	9.3 L	2020
152	Belgium	9.4 L	2020
153	Denmark	9.5 L	2020
154	Sweden	9.6 L	2020
155	Cameroon	9.6 L	2020
156	Andorra	9.7 L	2020
157	Canada	9.9 L	2020
158	United States	9.9 L	2020
159	Hungary	9.9 L	2020
160	New Zealand	10.0 L	2020
161	Switzerland	10.1 L	2020
162	Seychelles	10.2 L	2020
163	Australia	10.3 L	2020
164	France	10.3 L	2020
165	Montenegro	10.3 L	2019
166	Slovenia	10.4 L	2020
167	Russia	10.5 L	2020
168	Slovakia	10.7 L	2020
169	Estonia	10.7 L	2020
170	United Kingdom	10.7 L	2020
171	Ireland	10.8 L	2020
172	Laos	10.8 L	2020
173	Luxembourg	10.8 L	2020
174	Tanzania	10.9 L	2020
175	Moldova	11.1 L	2020
176	Burkina Faso	11.3 L	2020
177	Uganda	11.3 L	2020
178	Austria	11.5 L	2020
179	Bulgaria	11.6 L	2020
180	Belarus	11.6 L	2020
181	Poland	11.7 L	2020
182	Germany	11.8 L	2020
183	Czechia	12.0 L	2020
184	Lithuania	12.1 L	2020
185	Latvia	12.9 L	2020
186	Georgia	14.4 L	2020
187	Romania	16.8 L	2020

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.ALC.PCAP.LI). License: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved: 2026-11-02.

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